Year of Build:

1890

Official Number:

130488

Built at:

Marine City, MI

Vessel Type:

Steambarge

Note: One stack, diagonal straps, steel boiler house, steam pumps.

Hull Materials:

Wood

Number of Decks:

1

Builder Name:

Alex Anderson

Master Carpenter:

Alex Anderson

Original Owner and Location:

Mills Transportation Co., Marysville, MI.

Number of Masts:

3

Propulsion:

Screw

Engine Type:

Fore-and-Aft Compound

# Cylinders:

2

# Boilers:

1

Propulsion Notes:

23 + 46 x 42", 685hp at 80rpm engine by Frontier Engine Works. 10 x 16' at 120 pounds steam firebox boiler by Love & Schofield, Port Huron, MI (1890).

Length:

196'

Beam:

37.2'

Depth:

13.4'

Tonnage (gross):

906.26

Tonnage (net):

697.81

Capacity:

1350 tons 850,000' lumber

Final Location:

Devil's Island, Georgian Bay.
Lake Huron.

Date:

16 Nov 1903

Final Depth:

30'

How:

Stranded.

Final Cargo:

Coal.

Notes:

Bound Cleveland, OH - French River, ONT, stranded in a blizzard-gale; subsequent storms tore her to pieces; had been towing barge CHECOTAH.

1890, Jul 17 Launched Marine City, MI.

1890, Aug 5 Enrolled Port Huron, MI; towed barges CHECOTAH & ALEX ANDERSON in iron ore & lumber trade.

1892, Sep Towed J.D.SAWYER.

1893, May Ran Duluth - Bay City with 800,000' lumber.

1893, Sep Sprang leak; repaired Duluth, MN.

1895, Aug 30 Aground Germania Park, Niagara River; released.

1898, Aug 18 Aground with ore on Strawberry Island in Niagara River; released by tugs GEE & BABCOCK.

1901, Sep Towed by J.R.EDWARDS.

1903, Nov 17 Stranded, Lake Huron.

From the Collection of:

C. Patrick Labadie